The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has decided on Sunday to revoke the preventive/ restrictive actions under Stage-III of revised Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi is improving and is expected to further go down, owing to favourable meteorological conditions and better wind speed.

The CAQM informed that Delhi’s AQI had at 2PM clocked 348, at 3PM it recorded 343, which further improved to 339 in the 4PM AQI Bulletin provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and again improved to 335 at 5PM, clearly indicating a downward trend. It also said that as per the Air Quality & Weather forecast provided by IMD/IITM, there is a further likelihood of AQI of Delhi to remain in “Poor” category in the coming days owing to favourable meteorological conditions.

However, all actions under Stages II & I of revised GRAP will remain invoked and be implemented, monitored and reviewed by all agencies concerned in the entire NCR, the Commission stated. It also directed agencies to keep strict vigil and especially intensify measures under Stages II & I of revised GRAP in order to obviate the need for re-implementation of Stage-III of revised GRAP actions in NCR.

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